Apple Music MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude full access to your Apple Music account - search the catalog, browse your personal library, manage playlists, and explore your listening history and recommendations. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting media tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-05-24 · ★ 38 · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Apple Music

Claude Code

claude mcp add cifero74-mcp-apple-music -- uvx mcp-apple-music-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cifero74-mcp-apple-music": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-apple-music-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package mcp-apple-music-server - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.Cifero74 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Apple Music can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v1.0.0 · 2026-03-05

First public release of mcp-apple-music 🎵 · Search the Apple Music catalog (100M+ songs) · Browse your personal library (songs, albums, artists, playlists) · Create and manage playlists · Get personalised…

04 · Who maintains Apple Music

mcp-apple-music is maintained by cifero74. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cifero74/mcp-apple-music
category: media - actively maintained as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.Cifero74/mcp-apple-music (active, first published 2026-03-07)
packages: pypi:mcp-apple-music-server

06 · Apple Music FAQ

What is Apple Music?

Is Apple Music still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-05-24. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Apple Music?

Run `uvx mcp-apple-music-server`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Apple Music run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Apple Music

Alternatives to Apple Music

Maintained media servers if Apple Music isn't the fit.

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